Zimbabwe@40 : Development, Democracy and Transformation.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sachikonye, Lloyd.

Contributor:

Kaulemu, David.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zimbabwe--History--1980-.

Zimbabwe.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 pages)

Other Title:

Zimbabwe@40

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Weaver Press, 2021.

Summary:

Zimbabwe @ 40 is a celebration of the country's four decades of independence and statehood. Forty years is a relatively short period in a nation's life, but it is a formative period: what lessons can be learnt from the successes and failures, challenges and opportunities of the last 40 years? What should be avoided in the next 40? Lloyd Sachikonye and David Kaulemu have assembled a distinguished team of scholars to address these questions, and the book focuses on issues that characterise the country's development trajectory: the linkage between values and institutions; defects in its democracy; the 'curse' of mineral and agricultural endowment; the impact of migration; and the social exclusion of women and young people. The book is written from a depth of commitment to a just, peaceful and prosperous Zimbabwe, and represents a 'work in progress', reflecting the continuing research, evaluation and dialogue that each of the authors is engaged in, and signalling the nature and direction of future such work. As the editors conclude: 'None of the chapters are pessimistic, nor are they negative about the country. They are realistic about the gravity of the historical moment the nation faces and the high moral, political and economic mountains we must climb before we can see the Promised Land. Yet they are full of hope - they are convinced that we have not come to the end of history.'

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

About the Authors

Preface

1. Introduction: Zimbabwe at 40 Lloyd Sachikonye and David Kaulemu

2. Linking Values, Institutions and Development in Zimbabwe David Kaulemu

3. Elusive Development, Defective Democracy Lloyd Sachikonye

4. Endowed yet Cursed: Agrarian and mining accumulation in a changing environment Easther Chigumira and Hazel Kwaramba

5. Development Aid and the Politics of Development George Mapope

6. Migration and Economic Development Medicine Masiiwa and A. Chilunjika

7. Social Exclusion of Women and Youth Rekopantswe Mate

8. Conclusion David Kaulemu and Lloyd Sachikonye

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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ISBN:

9781779223944

1779223943

OCLC:

1257549417